Exhibitor to speak on 'Why treaties matter' in Cloquet

TOM ROSS PRESENTS PROGRAM AT CCHS

Tom Ross, a member of the Upper Sioux Community and consultant for the Minnesota Humanities Center, will present a program for the last Carlton County Historical Society Wednesday noontime bag lunch program on Wednesday, December 12, 2012.

Ross will discuss the Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit “Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations” currently on view at the museum, which he helped put together. The exhibit includes 20 free standing banners with text, historical and contemporary photographs and maps, and a 10-minute video titled, “A Day in the Life of the Minnesota Tribal Nations.”

“Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations” is a collaboration of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Minnesota Humanities Center, and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian. The project is funded in part with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund that was created with a vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, and The Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation.

The CCHS museum has added an exhibit of regional Ojibwe artifacts and photographs to accompany this exhibit, both of which will be on view through December 15.

Visitors are encouraged to bring their bag lunch, refreshments and desserts will be served. Regular admission to the museum is $1.00 with children under 12 and CCHS members admitted at no charge. The CCHS museum is handicapped accessible. For questions call the CCHS at 218-879-1938.

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